Meryl Streep Channels Her Rock Goddess For ‘Ricki and the Flash’

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It is said that Academy Award winner Meryl Streep can play just about anybody with her acting prowess, and for her latest film, ‘Ricki and the Flash’–Streep plays a rock singer and guitarist. New images from the film have been released, showing a very different side of Streep with braids, a guitar and even a leather jacket.

The official summary reads: “Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy Ricki and the Flash. In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family.”

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